Monday, April 1, 2019

Is China Building An Anti-Satellite Laser Base?

Xinjiang laser facility

Washington Free Beacon: Satellite Photos Show Chinese Anti-Satellite Laser Base

Images also reveal work on EMP and electronic warfare weaponry.

Commercial satellite images have provided the first photographs of a secret Chinese anti-satellite laser base in western Xinjiang province, along with other high-technology weapons facilities.

The laser facility is located near a lake and is about 145 miles south of the Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang.

The facility was discovered by retired Indian Army Col. Vinayak Bhat, a satellite imagery analyst who specializes on China.

China is using its satellite tracking stations located throughout the country as a means of identifying and targeting satellites.

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WNU Editor: Land based anti-satellite laser systems have not lived-up  to the hype that they are able to knock out low-orbit satellites. Then again .... maybe the Chinese have discovered something that will make it work?

3 comments:

  1. It's probably just a test baseball for laser weapons in general. But that would include l.e.o. lasers too.

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  2. Lol at the autocorrect, it's the home opener in Cleveland today.😂😂

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